WCVB-TV's Late News Reigns Supreme in February 2012

UPDATED 8:06 AM EST Mar 02, 2012

BOSTON -

WCVB-TV?s NewsCenter 5 at 11 p.m. dominated the Boston market in the February 2012 sweep despite record-setting competition from the nation's most-viewed Super Bowl (New England Patriots versus New York Giants) and the second most-viewed Grammy's telecast.

NewsCenter 5 at 11 p.m. continues to be New England's #1 rated newscast at 11 p.m. in key demos including households, persons 2+, adults 18+ and adults 25-54. In persons 2+, NewsCenter 5 at 11 p.m. has outperformed its competition in 21 out of the past 26 months.

WCVB-TV continues to be the news leader in all day parts in Boston outperforming the competition in the key early, midday and evening telecasts as well as late news in households, persons 2+, adults 18+ and adults 25-54 in February 2012.

In fact, WCVB-TV?s NewsCenter 5 at 6 p.m., NewsCenter 5 at 5 p.m. and NewsCenter 5 at 11 p.m. are the three highest-rated newscasts in the entire market. Extending their winning streaks, NewsCenter 5 at 5 p.m. and NewsCenter 5 at 6 p.m. beat the competition consecutively for 118 and 113 months respectively.

ABC World News on WCVB-TV also took the top network news slot at 6:30 p.m., outperforming NBC Nightly News on WHDH-TV by 38 percent and more than doubling CBS Evening News on WBZ-TV in persons 2+.

In the mornings, WCVB-TV?s NewsCenter 5 at 5 a.m. and NewsCenter 5 at 6 a.m. continue to prevail as well, achieving the first-place position for another month in households, persons 2+ and adults 18+, a position held for the past 31 and 32 months in a row.

Additionally, Good Morning America on WCVB-TV was the #1 network morning show in Boston edging out The Today Show on WHDH-TV by 2,000 viewers 2+ and almost tripling CBS This Morning on WBZ-TV.

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